Assistance program
Railroad Crossing Elimination
$677.3 Million committed in FY2024–FY2026
- Agency
- Federal Railroad Administration, Transportation, Department of
- Assistance
- Not Applicable
- CFDA number
- 20.327
- What it does
- The goals of the Program are (1) to eliminate highway-rail grade crossings that are frequently blocked by trains; (2) to improve the health and safety of communities; (3) to reduce the impacts that freight movement and railroad operations may have on underserved communities; and (4) to improve the mobility of people and goods.
- Who benefits
- Not Applicable
- Who applies
- The following entities are eligible to receive a grant: (1) A State, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other United States territories and possessions; (2) A political subdivision of a State; (3) A federally recognized Indian Tribe; (4) A unit of local government or a group of local governments; (5) A public port authority; (6) A metropolitan planning organization; (7) A group of entities described in any of paragraphs (1) through (6).
- Authorized by
- Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58,
- Program site
- https://railroads.dot.gov ↗
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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